Will Serena Williams Repeat History and Go Into a Slump?

Is history repeating?  Remember those good ol' days when Venus and Serena, particularly the latter, were dominating the grand slams from mid-2001 all the way to mid-2003?  

Now, if we just go a few years back to 2008 and then continue until just a few months ago, Serena was dominating the grand slams.  

She won the US Open, Wimbledon (twice), and Australian Open (twice), with a finals showing at Wimbledon, a semifinal appearance at the US Open, and quarterfinal outings at the French Open.

Flip back to 2003, and Serena had made the semifinals of the last eight slams she entered, winning six of them.  

And then, during the summer hard court season, Serena had a freak accident.  While dancing with her friends in boots, she felt a pop in her knee, and was immediately sent to a hospital.  She was forced to skip the US Open, which she would have probably won.

Now go back to the present, and the US Open is already in progress.  And Serena Williams is out.

She had been dominating the grand slams, but a freak accident involving shattered glass left Serena unable to compete.  Again, Serena was the favorite to win the tournament.

After 2003, Serena Williams went in a slump from 2004-2006.  Serena won the Australian Open, and made the final at Wimbledon, but other than that, there was not much Serena did that was quite impressive.  

In fact, Serena had such a terrible season in 2006 that she was ranked in the 80s when the 2007 Australian Open started.

Will Serena Williams go in a slump, and if she does, will she able to come back before her retirement.  

Only time will tell, but do I think Serena will falter?  No.  After all, Serena is Serena, a special human being.  Never one to give up.  Does that sound familiar?